Date for Entry: (Tuesday 29th September, 2015)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Monday 6th September, 2021)
Dear Diary,
Last night I prepared a large wheel to create the circle of fifths and fourths that can show the relative keys between major and minor. I had assistance from the Trinity Guildhall book and some other ideas I had in class to show the Key Signature of each scale in both the treble and bass staves.
When I got in class, I told everyone good morning before taking my seat (in the front row as usual near the door's side of the room) and then raised my
hands and told miss I had extra homework to show her. She watched me from behind the piano but came up to me and I took the wheel of the plastic Massy's bag I carried it in. I passed it to
my friend (Monick; correctly spelt Monique) right next to me and she passed it on. My friend Adam told me by whisper "that looks really nice."
As soon as class began, miss took down the Projector screen
again and turned off the lights. I had
the full score I wanted to sing from but apparently, Mrs. Neaves had forgotten
her score so she asked me if she could borrow mine. I gave her my full score to
put on the projector and I decided to open the previous copy with all of the errors I
inserted into my workbook for the class.
During break time, I hurried back to see if Mrs. Neaves was still in class. I shared with her and some of the class members a viewing of my Musical Journal in the large two-inch binder folder that it was in from the beginning (this was from Page 1 – 157). There were a few pages that I left home because I had run out of page protectors. That day was supposed to be my store to the stationery store to have the book fragments spiral bound.
She had to skip through some pages because I knew it
was hard to get a full reading of some. During the middle of the book, she said, “Wow Daryl! This is great. Don’t ever let anyone turn you
down....you were meant for greater things in life.” That just made me feel happy and burst out a wide smile. In the
end, she gave me back the Book and said, “This is Gold. Thank you for sharing it
with me.”
I went back to my seat and the rest of the class was already back inside.
Then she finished a few sentences and called me up to the front of the class. I
knew that she told me that she wanted to use it in class earlier on. So then I
went ahead and told the class all about it with the easier way to remember the
pan. They all watched it in silence and wondered if it was like a hidden
message in a poem. I was literally scared if they were not liking it. Then a
boy at the back asked if he could get a picture but then Mrs. Neaves said, “Doh
ask me. Is the work.” So then he asked me and I said, “Sure.”
Then Ms. Neaves came back to the front of the class from
behind the piano. She said that I can make so much money for it and any teacher
could pay me big for it. Then she pokes me about not allowing anyone to bully me for this. And
this is where the Class lecture had turned from Musicianship to Bulling. Here are
some of the things we spoke about:
At the end of class, another person came to take a picture of the wheel I made. I asked him to WhatsApp it to me. Then a girl had asked me if I can play the Anthem for her so I gave her my scrap notebook to write down her name and phone number and also what part of the National Anthem she wanted to have. Then another boy asked me for it too. I made sure that by the end of the evening it was sent to them.
Link(s):
- DCFA Steelpan Exam Book - Grade 4 Tenor (**-***)
- DCFA Steelpan Exam Book - Grade 4 Tenor (**-***) Receipt & Student Contact.
Daryl Zion M. Ali
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